Jacobs Engin Grp (NYSE:JEC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $73.46 to a high of $74.14. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.5%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $73.91 on volume of 365,000 shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.

In the past 52 weeks, shares of Jacobs Engin Grp have traded between a low of $55.17 and a high of $82.24 and are now at $73.95, which is 34% above that low price. Over the last five market days, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone up 0.3% while the 50-day MA has advanced 1.8%.

SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Jacobs Engin Grp on January 18th, 2019 as our proprietary SmarTrend analytics indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $62.03. Since that recommendation, shares of Jacobs Engin Grp have risen 17.8%. We continue to monitor JEC for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately.